Introduction After my recent Capital One shutdown leading to the shutdown of my wife’s account, it dawned on me – should you kick your spouse out of the house? No, not physically kicking them out, but maybe having you (or them) move out of the house into a nice mailbox. For most people, this isn’t necessary, […]
Introduction A few days ago, I wrote how Capital One had closed down my checking accounts. That was sent to me on the morning of Friday June 23rd. I had closed all my cc accounts over the weekend (even my Kohl’s and Neiman Marcus cards.) I got lazy and didn’t get a chance to ask […]
Introduction It’s been a while since my last shutdown. I had expected a Cap1 shutdown for a while now after hearing so many people getting shut down. I was sorta surprised that I was shut down due to my checking vs my credit cards. I’m guessing it was checking since that’s what I was notified […]
Introduction I was traveling over Memorial Day and applied for a checking and savings account at a local credit union, but I was on Gogo in midair. My application went to pending. Two business days later, the bank calls me and says, “Your application was flagged because we noticed your IP address was 250 miles […]
Introduction With all the changes happening with AMEX lately, I’ve been trying to rethink my card strategy with AMEX. I still don’t think I’ve perfected it yet, but I’ll just shotgun this until I get it right. Anyway, my Plat card’s annual fee is due in September. For some background, I also have the Biz […]